Garrett AT Pro

[Dig]

I'm interested in this submersible Garrett. Has anyone used it? And more importantly has anyone who has used a high $ water machine used it? How does it compare? Does it work well in the Salt or do you have to neck down the sens? Thanks in advance for any help! -Dig

 

[bcoop]

Has been using one on the beach in Corpus Christi, Texas. I'm sure he will have some more to say as he continues to get to know the machine.


BCOOP

 

[hershey1]

Glad to see you are back. The AT Pro crowd seems to like their machine but I will stick with my Excal. I should be down your way around the last of March to see what the Spring Breakers have deposited. Get out and do some scouting and maybe we can get together and hunt some. HH

 

[Willee - Texas]

Has been using one on the beach in Corpus Christi, Texas. I'm sure he will have some more to say as he continues to get to know the machine.
BCOOP

IMHO ... the AT PRO is the best VLF detector Garrett is making right now.

It works great in the saltwater and in the wet saltwater sand.
It does not ground track so you do need to ground balance it when you change areas but unlike other detectors it will auto balance to very low numbers.
On wet saltwater sand I use Pro mode ... iron disc at 40 ... GB is around 12-15 ... most of the time I run full sensitivity with little or no chatter.
It has a good sharp target report (on small items) so I seldom need to use pinpoint on a target.
The iron audio is a great tool for ID'ing those dern bottle caps that often like to masquerade as a quarter.
I have an Excalibur II 8" coil and an E-trac and dont feel I am missing anything by not using one of them.
Cant seem to find the right setting on my F-75 SE to work the wet sand with it.

On the dry sand it is very sensitive and will pick up targets to the side of the coil as you sweep the sand.
This gives you a larger effective coil size.
I have found some rice grain size pieces of foil 3 or 4 inches deep.

The biggest issue right now is the headphone connector.
It is a bit hard to get on and off and if you are not careful you will damage the "O" ring seal.
Use a bit of silicon grease to help the "O" ring seat and seal better.

Willee

 

[bcoop]

Thanks William for your reports.

BCOOP

 

[Dig]

Thanks for chiming in here Willee! Your opinion carries some weight with me so I know iv'e got some good intel. Just out of curiosity...whats the deepest you've dug a target with it? Thanks again -Dig

 

[Twogunz]

The AT Pro is not water proof. It is water resistant.

Quite a number of manufacturers state their equipment is water proof. Watter proof was defined as 600 ft. Anything less than that depth was deemed to be water resistant. even my baracuda is water resitant to 200 feet, but it is not water proof. I understand the manufacturers are tryiong to convey to teh public their machine wont leak to a certain depth, but their useage of the term water proof is misleading. As an example. My Seiko watch is water resistant to 300 feet. yet mY Rolex Sea dweller is water proof to 1000 feet.

 

[Southwind]

Watter proof was defined as 600 ft.

HUH? And who defined this fact? The people who own/manufacture detectors good for 600 ft?

I would say for the majority of people any detector that can be totally submersed in water over a period of time is water proof.

 

[mickfin]

Southwind i agree with you , Mickfin

 

[bcoop]

The difference in being waterproof at one depth vs another is the pressures at those depths which will cause leaks. Pressure plus least path of resistance equals a leak if it can't hold back the water pressure.

If a watch or any other item is rated waterproof only because it will not leak at 600 feet, does that mean if it leaks at 700 feet it is only water resistant?


BCOOP

 

[JOHNMARKHAM]

ive been thinking about getting one too,just to try out for a back up to my excal,i need to replace it too,so 2 detectors this year..lol..lol
ill be watching this post
thanks
john